Development of a Wireless Sensor Network for Monitoring a Bioreactor Landfill
Asis Nasipuri, Kalpathi R. Subramanian, Vincent O. Ogunro, John L. Daniels, Helene A. Hilger · GeoCongress 2006 · 2006
Recent studies of aerobic bioreactors have demonstrated their success in expediting stabilization of municipal solid waste (MSW), reducing or eliminating treatment and disposal costs of leachate, and increasing landfill capacity. Such aerobic decomposition is highly dependent on maintaining optimum distribution of moisture and air throughout the highly heterogeneous waste for the duration of the stabilization process. This requires distributed monitoring of the temperature and moisture in the bioreactor. This work presents the development and implementation of an autonomous monitoring system using an array of wireless sensors (motes). Each mote is equipped with embedded microprocessor, flash memory, and a wireless transceiver. Networked data collection along with 3D interactive visualization tools are developed for efficient assessment of the conditions in the bioreactor.